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FY2024 NDAA joint explanatory statement: UAP conference compromise
House–Senate conference committee · 2023-12
FY2024 NDAA joint explanatory statement: UAP conference compromise · 718 pages · PDF 7.9 MB
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conferees direct the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on: (1) The status of the implementation of the GAO's recommendation; and (2) The feasibility of designating a single entity within each of the Armed Forces to oversee the implementation of predictive maintenance procedures. Declassification of certain reports of unidentified aerial phenomena The House bill contained an amendment (sec. 1090) that would require the Secretary of Defense to declassify any Department of Defense documents and other Department of Defense records relating to publicly known sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena that do not reveal sources, methods, or otherwise compromise the national security of the United States not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. The Senate amendment contained no similar provision. The House recedes. Briefing on Air National Guard active associations The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 1090) that would require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the effects of making all Air National Guard KC-135 units active associations. The House bill contained no similar provision. The Senate recedes. The conferees agree that the Secretary of the Air Force should investigate the potential increase in air refueling capacity and cost savings, including manpower, to be achieved if the Air Force were to change all Air National Guard KC–135 stand alone units into active association units. The Secretary should provide briefings to the congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 2024, on the results of that investigation. Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 1090A) that would require disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices. The House bill contained no similar provision. The Senate recedes.
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involving unidentified anomalous phenomena that has not been briefed to the appropriate committees of Congress, congressional leadership, and the Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The House bill contained no similar provision. The House recedes with an amendment that would: (1) Remove the direction to provide information to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office; and (2) Summarize the prohibition on spending for any unreported activities involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) protected under any form of special access or restricted access limitations. The conferees agree that this prohibition on spending on unreported UAP programs could cover: (1) Recruiting, employing, training, equipping, and operations of, and providing security for, Government or contractor personnel with a primary, secondary, or contingency mission of capturing, recovering, and securing unidentified anomalous phenomena craft or pieces and components of such craft; (2) Analyzing such craft, or pieces or components thereof, including for the purpose of determining properties, material composition, method of manufacture, origin, characteristics, usage and application, performance, operational modalities, or reverse engineering of such craft or component technology; (3) Managing and providing security for protecting activities and information relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena from disclosure or compromise; (4) Actions relating to reverse engineering or replicating unidentified anomalous phenomena technology or performance based on analysis of materials or sensor and observational information associated with unidentified anomalous phenomena; (5) The development of propulsion technology, or aerospace craft that uses propulsion technology, systems, or subsystems that is based on or derived from or inspired by inspection, analysis, or reverse engineering of recovered unidentified anomalous phenomena craft or materials; and (6) Any aerospace craft that uses propulsion technology other than chemical propellants, solar power, and electric ion thrust. Sec. 1688 - Indo-Pacific missile strategy The House bill contained a provision (sec. 1688) that would require the Secretary of Defense to submit to the
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industrial base, we believe it is important for the Department to provide clear, timely implementation guidance, no later than the October 1, 2024 deadline, when signing any such contracts will be banned. Additionally, the conferees direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. That briefing should include the results of an evaluation of the impact that continued use of prohibited drones for non- defense applications by defense contractors may have on the security of the Department and its contractors. SUBTITLE C—UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA Secs. 1841 - 1843 - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena The Senate amendment contained a set of provisions (sections 9001 - 9015) under Division G that constituted the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023. Closely modeled on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, this Act would establish under the National Archives a government-wide collection of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records and a mandate to declassify and publicly release these records; grounds for postponement of disclosure; a government-wide records Review Board, composed of qualified and impartial citizens nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate, with the authority to review and approve, or postpone, the public release of records; a process and structure for supporting the Review Board with competent staff under an Executive Director; a requirement for the Review Board to develop a Controlled Disclosure Campaign plan for records the release of which have been postponed, wherein the President retains ultimate authority over the disclosure of records; and a mandate that the Federal Government exercise eminent domain over any and all recovered UAP physical and biological material that may be held by private persons or entities. The House bill contained no similar provisions. The House recedes with an amendment. The conference agreement includes only the requirements to establish a government-wide UAP records collection; to transfer records to the collection; and to review the records for disclosure decisions under a set of authorized grounds for postponing disclosure. The agreement does not include the provisions that would establish an independent Review Board, a Review Board staff, eminent domain authority, or a controlled disclosure process.
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104 SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION (In Thousands of Dollars) Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Authorized Senate Authorized Conference Change Conference Authorized 199 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANS- FORMATION (CE2T2)—NON-MHA. 101,319 101,319 101,319 –6,300 95,019 No JLVC acquisition strategy ............................................... [–6,300 ] 200 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (DEOMI). 740 740 740 740 201 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ—MDA ...................................................... 28,363 28,363 28,363 28,363 202 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER (JSP) ........................................... 5,177 5,177 5,177 5,177 9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................ 36,315 36,315 63,315 36,315 All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office ................................ [27,000 ] SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ..................................... 1,998,717 2,003,717 2,020,717 –3,800 1,994,917 OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 203 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ................................. 42,482 42,482 42,482 42,482 205 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT 1,017,141 1,065,141 1,045,141 8,000 1,025,141 Additive Manufacturing for shipbuilding ............................. [10,000 ] Domestic advanced microelectronics packaging ................. [5,000 ] [5,000 ] Integrated Substrates ........................................................... [3,000 ] Large Surface Combatant workforce .................................... [35,000 ] Rapid Innovation Program ................................................... [20,000 ] Shipbuilding and ship repair workforce development ......... [3,000 ] [3,000 ] 206 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION SPECIAL PROJECTS: OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT. 12,713 12,713 12,713 12,713 207 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS). 8,503 8,503 8,503 8,503 208 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL SYS- TEMS DEVELOPMENT). 80,495 80,495 80,495 80,495 209 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL (CYBER C2) .................... 95,733 95,733 95,733 95,733 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Nov 28, 2023 Jkt 053625 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\BILLS\DOD_TABLES\MOST_RECENT\LOCATOR\L_COMBINED.LOC L_COMBINED E:\BILLS\DOD_TABLES\MOST_RECENT\LOCATOR\L_COMBINED.LOC November 28, 2023 (12:31 a.m.) dmwilson on DSKJM0X7X2PROD with BILLS-DOD-TABLES
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- SRC-231 FY2024 NDAA — joint explanatory statement
Used for: Compare proposed and enacted UAP disclosure provisions
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